What your admin panel tells us about your company
Posted Fri May 28 2021
One of the first things I do when I join a new project is checking out the admin panel, that's even before I see a single line of code. Why? It tells us so much about the company and the mindset of the project.
The economics of clean code
Posted Thu Feb 06 2020
Clean code makes projects more comfortable to work with and improves shelf life. Its the antagonist of vile legacy codebases that are unmaintainable. Then why do we see it all the time?
What is a binary tree and why would I ever want to reverse it
Posted Wed May 08 2019
Clean code makes projects more comfortable to work with and improves shelf life. Its the antagonist of vile legacy codebases that are unmaintainable. Then why do we see it all the time?
The simple class
Posted Tue Apr 02 2019
A value object is a small class that holds a value with a tiny bit of extra logic surrounding it. Sounds simple enough right?
A love letter to legacy projects
Posted Wed Dec 12 2018
Controllers of more than a thousand lines, PHP that injects jQuery in the views, raw SQL statements that could challenge a Dostoyevsky novel in size. This Monday is going to need a ton of coffee.
The integration operation segregation principle
Posted Mon Oct 08 2018
Not so long in a conversation the words “Integration Operation Segregation Principle” casually got dropped by Pim. What the hell is IOSP?
What performance tricks actually work
Posted Mon Jul 23 2018
We've all been there before, you submit a pull request and moments later you get a comment like: ''Hey you should use a native function here, they are so much faster'' or ''You can declare this final, that way we save some processing power''
Atomic commits: telling stories with git
Posted Wed Dec 06 2017
These days I’m all into atomic commits and it really made my work beter. Never heard of that concept? No worries, let me introduce you to it
Connect microservices with the help of GRPC
Posted Sun Jul 23 2017
Microservices can solve a lot of architectural problems, and sometimes create a few fun new ones. A big problem however is connecting these services to each other.Can GRPC lend a hand here?
The y2k38 bug: the biggest news craze of the year 2038
Posted Sat Jul 01 2017
In 2038 a bug that will apear that might trigger a strong feeling of déjàvu to the Y2k craze. The Y2k38 bug seems to come at a very random moment, but it all makes sense if we apply a bit of computer science to it.
The broken windows theory or “why some projects are just destined to suck
Posted Sun Jun 11 2017
Why is it that most legacy software projects are not really fun to work on? How can we stop that greenfield project to turn into one of those dull big projects? I would argue that it’s all in the foundation.
What the hell are generics and would I want them in php?
Posted Tue May 30 2017
So everyone is talking about this hip “new” kid on the block for PHP: Generics. The RFC is on the table and a lot of people are getting all excited about it, but you don’t fully see the excitement? Let’s explore what it’s all about!
How we improved our PWA score by 53 points in 4 hours
Posted Sun Mar 12 2017
After a recent burst of inspiration at PHPUK Sam and I ran an experiment to see how much we could improve our company site in just 4 hours. Turns out it was far easier than we expected
How to implement a code of conduct
Posted Thu Jan 28 2016
We shall not be discussing the ethics or possible political impact this brings with it. We will however propose a starting point on how to implement them.